Laguna Mountains: Plant Guide to Garnet Peak from Penny Pines

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide at Penny Pines entrance on the left (north), not the PCT entrance on the right; elevation 5430 feet (1650 m). Area near trailhead burned in 2003.
0.00	r	1		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	99 / 9	40
0.00	r	2		Sierra Nevada lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	/	4
0.00	r	3		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum	30 / 9	39
0.00	r	4		sapphire woolly-star	Eriastrum sapphirinum	/
0.00	r	5	~X	*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	/	19
0.00	r	6		common linanthus	Linanthus parviflorus	/	8
0.00	r	7	?	matchweed?	Gutierrezia sarothrae?	/
0.00	r	8	~	California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	30 / 9	40
0.00	r	9	ssp	big sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata	/	2
0.00	l	10		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	5 / 1	10
0.00	r	11		*bulbous blue grass	Poa bulbosa	5 / 1	2
0.00	r	12		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	1 / 1	11
0.00	r	13	spX	peppergrass	Lepidium sp.	/
0.00	r	14	ssp	*foxtail barley	Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum	/	14
0.00	l			Sign and Display Board for Penny Pines donors.
0.00				Trail turns right 90°
0.00	r	15	spX	groundsmoke	Gayophytum sp.	/
0.00	l	16		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus (stenophyllus)+	/	31
0.00	r	17	~	Coulter pine	Pinus coulteri	3 / 1	9
0.00	r	18		strigose lotus	Lotus strigosus	10 / 3	24
0.00	r	19		imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula	30 / 9	14
0.00	r	20		prickly cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata	/	12
0.01	r			Sign: no motor vehicles.
0.01	r	21		cupped-leaf ceanothus	Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans	1 / 1	7
0.01	t	22		southern suncup	Camissonia bistorta+	/	10
0.01	r	23		one-sided bluegrass	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	10 / 1	21
0.01	r	24		Palmer's ceanothus	Ceanothus palmeri	10 / 5	5
0.01	l	25		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	/	13
0.01	l	26		Modoc gilia	Gilia modocensis	10 / 1	3
0.01	l	27		slender madia	Madia gracilis	/ 1	9
0.01	r	28		spear-leaved mountain dandelion	Agoseris retrorsa	20 / 3	11
0.01	r	29		*tumble-mustard	Sisymbrium altissimum	/	8
0.01	l	30		large-flowered collomia	Collomia grandiflora	/	3
0.01	l	31		Parish' Jacumba milk-vetch	Astragalus douglasii var. parishii	/	3
0.01	l	32		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	5 / 1	11
0.02				Trail curves right.
		33		popcorn flower	Cryptantha intermedia	10 / 1	21
0.02	r	34	sspX	squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	/	6
0.02	r	35	sspX	blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus	/	5
0.02	r	36		whisker-brush	Linanthus ciliatus	/	5
0.03	b	37		goldenstar	Bloomeria crocea	/	11
0.03	l	38		checkerbloom	Sidalcea malviflora ssp. sparsifolia	10 / 3	14
0.03	r	39		western morning-glory	Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata	/	7
0.03	l	40		miner's lettuce	Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata	20 / 2	14
0.04	l	41		blue dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	10 / 3	32
0.04	l			(field of little monardella, Monardella nana ssp. nana; short-lobed phacelia, Phacelia brachyloba)
0.04	l	42		phlox-leaved bedstraw	Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii	/	4
0.04	r	43		poodle-dog bush	Turricula parryi	99 / 9	4
0.06	r	44		*yellow salsify	Tragopogon dubius	/	5
0.06	l	45		silver puffs	Uropappus lindleyi	/	19
0.07	l	46	spX	per lupine?	Lupinus sp.	/
0.07	r	47		plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	10 / 2	7
0.08	l	48		diamond-petaled clarkia	Clarkia rhomboidea	/	4
0.09				Cross wide shallow ditch.
0.09	r	49	ssp	*hairy rattail fescue	Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta	/	10
0.09	r	50		purple clarkia	Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera	/	15
0.09	r	51	ssp	Indian clover	Trifolium albopurpureum var. albopurpureum	/	2
0.09	l	52		California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	/	10
0.10				T-jct. with PCT; go left on it.
				The following species were found before the junction with the PCT on 5/10/03, but do not yet have accurate locations.
	l	53		baby blue eyes	Nemophila menziesii var. integrifolia	30 / 5	3
	r	54		Davidson's phacelia	Phacelia davidsonii	30 / 5	7
		55	sp	tansy mustard	Descurainia sp.	/
		56		small-flowered collinsia	Collinsia parviflora	/	2
	l	57		grand mountain dandelion	Agoseris grandiflora	2 / 2	8
0.11	r	58	~	American vetch	Vicia americana var. americana	/
0.11				PCT signpost on right; Sign on left: "Noble Canyon (left - back the way you've come); PCT (straight ahead)".
0.11	r			(tomcat clover, Trifolium willdenovii)
0.12	r	59	?	unk per. with long curvy lvs.	?	3 / 1
0.13	r		sp	matchweed	Gutierrezia sp.	/
0.13	r	60		basketbush	Rhus trilobata	/	16
0.14	r	61		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus	30 / 9	21
0.14	b	62		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	50 / 9	17
0.16	l	63		splendid mariposa lily	Calochortus splendens	30 / 9	11
		64		dwarf lupine	Lupinus bicolor	/	19
0.18	r		~	(common wheat, Triticum aestivum)
0.18		65		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	50 / 9	44
0.18	l	66	sp	forest goosefoot?	Chenopodium atrovirens?	/
0.18	l	67	sp	goosefoot violet?	Viola purpurea?	/
0.19	l	68		slender sunflower	Helianthus gracilentus	99 / 9	12
0.20	l	69		short-lobed phacelia	Phacelia brachyloba	99 / 9	2
0.20	r	70		California buttercup	Ranunculus californicus	5 / 1	5
0.21	l			leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus+	/
0.21	l	71		common bedstraw	Galium aparine	5 / 1	25
0.22	b	72		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	/	38
0.23	l	73	sp	scattered blazing star	Mentzelia dispersa+	6 / 2	3
0.23	l	74		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	20 / 3	16
0.23	l	75		yellow mariposa lily	Calochortus weedii var. weedii	50 / 9	7
0.23	l	76		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	/	33
0.23	l	77		chamise	Adenostoma fasciculatum	50 / 9	30
0.23	l	78		little monardella	Monardella nana ssp. nana	/	2
0.24	r	79		Sierra sanicle	Sanicula graveolens	1 / 1	1
0.24				Cross bulldozed path, probably from fire suppression from 2003 fire.
0.24	l	80		Parry's fringed onion	Allium parryi	20 / 1	1
0.25	l	81		southern tauschia	Tauschia arguta	30 / 9	6
0.26	r			Burned PCT sign.
0.27	l	82		ashy silk tassel	Garrya flavescens	/	4
0.28	b	83		chaparral yucca	Yucca whipplei	10 / 9	23
0.28	l	84		whorledleaf penstemon	Keckiella ternata var. ternata	20 / 9	5
0.28	b	85		twiggy wreath plant	Stephanomeria virgata ssp. pleurocarpa	5 / 1	1
0.29	l	86		blue-witch nightshade	Solanum umbelliferum	/	1
0.29	l	87		desert needlegrass	Achnatherum speciosum	/	2
0.30				Trail curves left then right.
0.30	l	88		scarlet bugler	Penstemon centranthifolius	1 / 1
0.30	b	89		prickly poppy	Argemone munita	99 / 9	4
0.31	r	90		hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	/	34
0.31	b	91		caraway-leaved gilia	Gilia caruifolia	99 / 9	1
0.34	r	92		Parish's bluecurls	Trichostema parishii	5 / 5	2
0.36	l	93		sugar bush	Rhus ovata	2 / 2	21
0.36	r			Jct. short path to overlook; switchback left.
0.37	b	94	~	Laguna manzanita	Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. adamsii	99 / 9	1
0.38				Begin 2002 burn area around here. The following species were found before the 2002 burn area on 5/10/03, but do not yet have accurate locations.
	l	95		golden daisy	Pentachaeta aurea	/	2
	r	96		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	/	9
0.38	l	97		Torrey's scrub oak	Quercus acutidens+	/	13
0.38				Check for Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens later on the trail
0.38	r	98		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	10 / 9	41
0.39	l	99		western redbud	Cercis occidentalis	10 / 1	4
0.40	l	100		saw-toothed goldenbush	Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides	40 / 9	28
0.40	l	101		San Diego sunflower	Hulsea californica	99 / 9	1
0.41	l	102		showy penstemon	Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis	5 / 2	9
0.41	l	103		San Diego pea	Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii	3 / 2	15
				The following species was found before the whorledleaf penstemon at mile 0.47 on 5/10/03, but it does not yet have an accurate location.
		104		San Diego jewelflower	Caulanthus heterophyllus var. heterophyllus	/	3
0.47	r	105		giant four o'clock	Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens	1 / 1	1
0.49	l	106		narrowleaf monardella	Monardella linoides ssp. linoides	4 / 2	1
0.49	l	107		white sage	Salvia apiana	3 / 1	30
0.49	l	108		giant needlegrass	Achnatherum coronatum	5 / 5	19
0.49	r	109		chaparral whitethorn	Ceanothus leucodermis	/	12
0.49	l	110	~	wide-throated yellow monkeyflower	Mimulus brevipes	/	6
0.51	l	111		bush poppy	Dendromecon rigida	5 / 1	5
0.51	r	112		white-flowering currant	Ribes indecorum	2 / 2	13
0.54	r	113		sticky false-gilia	Allophyllum glutinosum	/	6
0.58	r	114		Indian Valley bush mallow	Malacothamnus aboriginum	3 / 1	1
0.60	l	115		golden-bowl mariposa	Calochortus concolor	30 / 5	1
0.63	c	116	~	Payson's wild cabbage	Caulanthus simulans	1 / 1	1
0.68	l	117	~	woolly-fruited lomatium	Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum	/	5
0.71	l	118		Cleveland's beardtongue	Penstemon clevelandii var. clevelandii	5 / 2	1
0.71				On saddle; enter next drainage. The grove of trees to the left was burned in the 2003 fire.
0.73				Field of San Diego sunflower, Hulsea californica.
0.75	r	119		smoothleaf yerba santa	Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum	50 / 9	2
0.75	l	120		chaparral lotus	Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus+	10 / 3	4
0.76	l			(meally white pincushion, Chaenactis artemisiifolia)
0.76	r	121		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	1 / 1	25
0.77	r	122		three-lobed oxytheca	Oxytheca trilobata	50 / 9	2
0.86	r			Jct. very short path to saddle overlook; (scarlet larkspur, Delphinium cardinale; and Mt. Laguna alumroot, Heuchera brevistaminea) just below top of drainage.
0.87	l			(California bay, Umbellularia californica)
0.93				Trail curves left to skirt drainage to right.
				The following species were found before mile 0.93 on 5/10/03, but do not have accurate locations.
	l	123		bird's-foot fern	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	1 / 1	20
	r	124		bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus	/	7
0.95	r			Jct. old road to top of peak 5663 feet (1726 m); elevation here is 5580 feet (1700 m).
0.97				Trail curves right rounding a ridge.
1.02	l	125		golden ear drops	Dicentra chrysantha	10 / 1	5
1.03	l	126		California bee plant	Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda	/	10
1.15				Switchback left; jct. short trail to overlook.
1.19				Switchback right.
1.23				Long curve left at drainage to right.
1.24				Calochortus concolor on left; C. weedii^2 on right!
1.26				Long curve right.
1.33				Trail turns left 90°
1.36	l			Jct. bulldozed fire break.
1.37	l			scattered blazing star	Mentzelia dispersa+	/
1.37	l	127		sand cress	Calyptridium monandrum	1 / 1	9
1.42				Long curve right.
1.47				Switchback left.
1.49	l	128		lace-fringed spineflower	Chorizanthe fimbriata var. laciniata	30 / 5	2
1.49	l	129		Wallace's woolly daisy	Eriophyllum wallacei	1 / 1	1
1.61	b			Trail curves right; PCT posts.
1.62				Jct. Garnet Peak Trail; elevation 5480 feet (1670 m); turn right and take it.
1.63	l			Sign: "PCT (left); Garnet Peak Trail (ahead)"
1.66				Cross small drainage and trail turns left 90°
1.76	r	130		naked-stem bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. nudicaule	/
1.84	l	131	~	purple-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha	10 / 1	6
1.84	l			Check for different suncup here.
1.85	r	132	~	summer snow	Linanthus floribundus ssp. glaber	2 / 1	4
	r			Galium angustifolium ssp. nudicaule next to ssp. angustifolium
	r		X	Grass sample
	r			Monardella
	r	133	~	Parish's goldenbush	Ericameria parishii var. parishii	/
1.93	l	134	sp	caterpillar phacelia?	Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida?	3 / 2
		135		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda ssp. platyota	/
2.00	b	136		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	20 / 1	3
2.01				Trail curves right rounding a ridge.
2.04	r			(Laguna Mtns. Goldenbush, Ericameria cuneata var. macrocephala)
2.07	l	137		rush-rose	Helianthemum scoparium	/
2.09	b			Field of poodle-dog bush, Turricula parryi, appearing like a cactus garden.
2.12	r	138	~	Laguna Mtns. goldenbush	Ericameria cuneata var. macrocephala	5 / 2	2
2.15	r			Check for different Elymus elymoides, ssp. brevifolius, here, if not found earlier.
2.15				Trail turns right 90° and steps up steeply.
2.17				Garnet Peak; elevation 6040 feet (1840 m). End Plant Guide. Turn around and retrace your route to the trailhead.

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Last update: 15 June 2005.